Focus on South Korea III: Her Side of the Story

75 minutes
Focus on South Korea III: Her Side of the Story

Averting the male gaze, this collection of shorts is dedicated to female directors, themes and perspectives.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

Showing in this program

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

  • Min-ji Jeong
  • South Korea, 2007
  • 12 min.

Mr. K, an ordinary salary man, goes somewhere every single night.

Daddy and I

Daddy and I

  • Eun-sue Kim / Hye-jung Kim / Mi-sun Park / Kyung-hwa Lee / Dong-Jae Lee / Song-hee Lee / Yu-jin Jung
  • South Korea, 1999
  • 6 min.

A sexually abused child transports herself into a fantastic place within her mind to escape her terrible ordeal.

Grandma Ocean

Grandma Ocean

  • Huijin Kang / Ah-ryeom Han
  • South Korea, 2012
  • 5 min.

Through an interview, this animated documentary portrays the lives of the hae-nyeo, the traditional female divers of Jeju Island.

Her

Her

  • Go-eun Kim
  • South Korea, 2015
  • 6 min.

She loves him, so she isn't reluctant to wash the clothes that he discards like a shed skin. But he takes no notice because his eyes are already taken by another woman.

Lady’s Night

Lady’s Night

  • Byung-a Han
  • South Korea, 2011
  • 18 min.

A 36 year-old married woman spends one night with each part of the personalities of her life time.

Manimals

Manimals

  • Jihyeon Oh
  • South Korea, 2017
  • 4 min.

A woman remembers her former boyfriends as animals.

MY FATHER’S ROOM

MY FATHER’S ROOM

  • Nari Jang
  • South Korea, 2016
  • 8 min.

She was abused by her father during childhood. Since he left, the pain and anger had begun to fade. One day, unexpectedly, she was struck by a revelation about her father's life that cast her feelings about him into confusion.